WATERBURY — It was unusual for 35-year-old Cynthia Cannon not to show up for work. Cannon's co-workers at her West Hartford job described her as an exemplary employee, and said they went into a "panic" when she failed to arrive at her job in May 2010.

As a former co-worker testified about the morning she went missing, the man charged with murdering her, Patrick Cannon, sat silently, his head bowed in Waterbury Superior Court.

The criminal case against Patrick Cannon began Tuesday and included testimony from his wife's friend and her former colleague, who said they repeatedly tried to call Cynthia Cannon on May 7, 2010, but she never picked up her phone.

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